Images(2)

1962-27,1&2 with 1962-28,1&2 and 1968-419

Sugar basin & cover

Date1752-1758

Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)

OriginEngland, London

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsOH: 4 1/8" X DIAM: 4 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-419,A&B

DescriptionSlightly flattened bowl form with foot ring; decorated on exterior with realistic birds; one in blue and gray and one in browns perched on branch with two-color green leaves; a brown flying bird; two flying insects and two beetles. Slightly domed cover with socket and flange; strawberry finial and applied leaves and stems realistically painted; and five painted moths and beetles.

Red anchor period.
Label TextPainted in the Meissen style with realistic birds, this "sugar bason" was probably part of a tea service like those listed in the 1755 sale catalog as "enamell'd with birds" or "finely ornamented with birds." A tea service of thirty-four pieces, including a sucrier of this shape with butterfly decoration of the same feeling, has survived intact.
InscribedAnchor painted in red on reverse of bowl (Godden # 868)
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx coll: Kenneth Hobson- sold at auction in 1968
Tilley & Co., London